Chapter 2 kills two birds with one stone

On a quiet night in March 291 AD, Emperor Sima Zhen, who had just ascended the throne for less than a year, simply ate and slept stupidly all day long because the government was controlled by Yang Jun and Empress Dowager Yang.

On this day, after a day of playing, tired, back to the palace, ready to sleep, suddenly heard the waiter come to report, the queen arrived, before Sima Zhen reacted, Queen Jia had come to the front, Sima Zhen hurriedly asked: "Why did the queen come here late at night?" ”

Jia Nanfeng wept and said: "The traitor Yang Jun is plotting to rebel, and he has been in the house for many days. ”

Sima Zhen was shocked and said, "How is that good?" ”

Empress Jia said: "Your Majesty can write a secret edict and hand it over to your concubines, and the concubines are willing to help Your Majesty eradicate this thief." ”

Sima Zhen asked again: "What is the secret edict?" ”

Empress Jia said: "Your Majesty writes and remembers the words of the concubines, which can be done." ”

Sima Zhen happily put pen to paper, so he cared. A letter was written to Sima Wei, the king of Chu, and Sima Liang, the king of Runan, led his troops into Beijing and the secret edict of the king of Qinqin came into being. Immediately afterwards, Queen Jia immediately summoned the eunuch Tong Meng and asked her to select a capable little eunuch to leave the palace overnight to hand over the secret edict to the two kings.

Sima Liang, the king of Runan, received an edict in the fiefdom of Xuchang, and said to the subordinate officials on the left and right: "This matter is very important, Yang Jun is perverse, and sooner or later he will be eradicated by others, not to mention Queen Jia and Yang Jun, the momentum is like fire and water, I will lead the troops to Luoyang, I am afraid that it will be dangerous and abnormal, and it is better to wait and see what happens." ”

Left and right are silent.

Sima Wei, the king of Chu, was still serving in the capital Luoyang, and after seeing the edict, he was furious and scolded: "Yang Jun is an old thief, bullying my imperial brother is stupid, and he dares to rebel, but fortunately, my imperial sister-in-law is very alert and told me about it." See that I don't bring troops into Beijing and kill all their Yang family children to relieve the hatred in the heart of this king. After that, he hurriedly came to the camp outside the city, ordered the soldiers and horses of the palace, and quickly sent people into the palace to return to the queen.

Empress Jia learned that Sima Wei, the king of Chu, had led his troops to prepare the news outside Luoyang City, and immediately instructed Meng Guan and Li Zhao to play Emperor Sima Zhen, put martial law inside and outside the palace overnight, and issued an edict to kill Yang Jun.

In the Yang Mansion in Luoyang, the capital, Yang Jun learned that there were changes inside and outside the palace, and Sima Wei, the king of Chu, was approaching the city.

Strategist Zhu Zhen offered a plan: "Although the thieves are coming. But the East Palace and the outer battalion are still in our hands. You can burn the Cloud Dragon Gate to prevent the thieves from entering the palace, and then lead the troops into the palace. Kill the thief and control the overall situation. "All the subordinate officials thought so.

Unexpectedly, Yang Jun frowned, paced back and forth, and shouted, "No, no." Matters. ”

Seeing Yang Jun's hesitation, all the subordinate officials found a reason to disperse.

Half an hour later, shouting and killing from far and near, Sima Wei, the king of Chu, quickly led his troops to surround Yang's mansion and set it on fire. Yang Jun had to run to the stable to hide, and was discovered by the rebels and hacked to death.

The next day, Empress Jia listened to the government, demoted the Empress Dowager Yang to a concubine, imprisoned in Jinyong City, and then killed her with a cup of poisonous wine, and killed Yang Jun and the three clans. The courtiers all elected Sima Liang, the king of Runan, and Wei Zong, the veteran minister, to jointly take power and assist the government. At the same time, Sima Wei, the king of Chu, was also given an additional official and knighted, so that he could continue to stay in the capital.

In June of the same year, the ruling Sima Liang continued to seal officials in a big way, in order to win the hearts of the courtiers, so that Empress Jia, who wanted to seize power, was very dissatisfied, and Sima Liang felt that Sima Wei, the king of Chu, was stationed in the capital with heavy troops, and he was afraid of accidents, so he asked the emperor several times to let Sima Wei, the king of Chu, return to the fiefdom. They were all rejected by Empress Jia at the instigation of the emperor.

Sima Wei, the king of Chu, was unhappy when he heard this, so he complained to Queen Jia. This is simply sleepy and met a pillow, Empress Jia frowned, thought about it, and pretended to be very sad and said to Sima Wei, the king of Chu: "Sima Liang has the power alone, and he doesn't put the emperor and me in his eyes at all, and he has the heart of usurping the throne, and His Majesty and I are also trembling."

As soon as the words fell, Sima Wei, the king of Chu, was furious, so he asked the queen to issue an order to eradicate Sima Liang, and the queen was happy, and then asked the king of Chu to falsely pass the holy decree to the ministers Gongsun Hong and Li Zhao, so that the three of them could join forces and attack the palace of Runan at night.

That night, Li Zhao led his troops to surround the Runan Palace, and Sima Liang was shocked: "I am loyal to the imperial court, how could I end up like this?"

His subordinates persuaded him to recruit his subordinates to resist, but Sima Liang admitted his innocence and was arrested. At noon the next day, the generals thought that Sima Liang was not guilty and could not bear to harm him, so he was imprisoned until noon the next day, and Sima Wei ordered that the king of Runan would be rewarded with a thousand horses. As a result, Sima Liang was dismembered by the soldiers of the King of Chu.

At this time, in Luoyang City, Sima Wei, the king of Chu, was already holding heavy troops, and there was no one to contend with, Sima Wei's strategist Qi Sheng told him: "The prince is now holding heavy troops, it is a good time to clear the power of Queen Jia and help the Jin family, the prince should lead the troops into the palace and eradicate the queen's party, and great things can be done." ”

Sima Wei, the king of Chu, was silent and hesitated after hearing this.

At the same time, Empress Jia in the palace was also uneasy because Sima Wei, the king of Chu, was in power, and asked the minister Zhang Hua for advice. Zhang Hua also knew that Sima Wei, the king of Chu, was tyrannical by nature, brave and unscrupulous, and was not a hero who pacified the world. Then he said: "The king of Chu is a martial artist, and he can send the general palace to the king of Chu to pass the decree, announce his forged edict, kill the ministers of the court, and plot the crime of misdeeds." Directly cut through the mess with a quick knife, let the palace kill Sima Wei, take over and dismiss his subordinates, and the king of Chu can be removed. ”

Queen Jia Dayue, with the general palace, with the eunuch to pass the decree, the king of Chu did not know what the plan was, kneeling to receive the holy decree, when the holy decree was finished, the king of Chu did not have time to react, the palace raised the knife and fell, killed the king of Chu Sima Wei, and the king of Chu dispersed.

So far, the power of the government is controlled by Queen Jia, and the Jia family is all over the government and the opposition. At the same time, Empress Jia also used some celebrities to deal with court affairs.

If you know how well Empress Jia is able to handle political affairs, is the government chaotic? See the next chapter.